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Download full textAnderson, Patrick L.; Watkins, Scott D.; Geckil, Ilhan K. – 2002
In 1994, Michigan voters approved Proposal A, which reduced school property taxes, increased the sales tax, and established a per-pupil funding guarantee for public schools. This report describes the effects of Proposal A and challenges to it. Since Proposal A was implemented, funding for schools has grown substantially while property taxes have…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform, Financial Support
Park, Rolla Edward; Carroll, Stephen J. – 1982
This study analyzes the effectiveness of a "guaranteed tax base" (GTB) as a reform measure designed to reduce the traditional heavy reliance of school financing on local property tax revenues and to help equalize per pupil expenditures across districts. Such measures call for matching locally raised tax dollars with state aid and…
Descriptors: Cross Sectional Studies, Data Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics)
